390 Miscellanies. 
- III. Observations at Yate Coxece. 
The preceding day had been rainy, and early the same sige the 
sky was overcast; but before midnight, the firmament became dded- 
less, and the stars shone with uncommon brilliancy. My expecta- 
tion of a repetition of the meteoric shower at this place was so slight, 
that I had made iittle preparation for observing the heavens, although 
I looked out frequently after midnight. About half past three o’clock, 
finding that the meteors began to appear in unusual numbers, I di- 
rected my attention towards the eastern part of the heavens, whence 
they appeared mostly to proceed, and closely watched the stars from 
the Great Bear on the north, to Canis Major on the south, embracing 
in my field of view about one third of the firmament. 
It was soon discovered that nearly all the meteors shot in direc- 
tions which, on being traced back, met in one-and the same point near 
the eye of Leo. Fora quarter of an hour from half past three 
o’clock, I counted twenty two meteors, of which all but three erna- 
nated from the above radiant point. Ten left luminous trains ; 
twelve were without trains; and the three that did not conform to 
oF general direction, moved perceptibly slower than the others. 
part shot off to the right and left of the radiant, the 
majority tending south towards the Heart of Hydra. The next fif- 
teen minutes afforded but seven meteors, and the number gradually 
declined until daylight. 
The exact position of the radiant was near a small star forming the 
apex of a triangle with the two bright stars in the face of Leo, hav- 
ing a Right ascension of 145, and Declination of 25 degrees.* Its 
_ place therefore was very nearly the same as in 1834, differing only 
half a degree in Right Ascension ; and all the phenomena very much 
resembled those observed that year, except that they were ona scale 
somewhat inferior. 
- Observations at New Yorx. From the New York Ameri- 
can of Nov. 15th. 
“The annual recurrence of this phenomenon being a subject of 
much interest, the undersigned kept a careful watch on the night of 
Saturday and morning of Sunday last, and is gratified in being able 
to: announce the re-appearance of this phenomenon with considerable 
illiancy. 
* This position of the “ radiant,” as observed here in 1833, was in R, A. 150°, 
Dec. 20°; in 1834, R. A. 144° 30’, Dec, 30° 15! 
